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School: Lemanaghan, Ballycumber

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Lemanaghan, Co. Offaly
Teacher:
Máire Galvin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0810, Page 143

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  1. Stories about the Saint - St Manchan's Burial

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    1. When Saint Manchan died there was a great dispute between the people of Lemonaghan and the people of Kilmonaghan. The people of Lemonaghan wanted to have him buried in Lemonaghan and the people of Kilmonaghan wanted to have him buried in Kilmonaghan. When the coffin was brought out of the church to be buried there was a great fight between the two parties. Just then an old gray haired man appeared in their midst and told them to leave the coffin on the road and turn their backs. They did as they were told but when they turned around again the man had vanished and there were two coffins on the road, one facing Lemonaghan and the other facing Kilmonaghan.
    Then the people of Kilmonaghan
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Máire Ních Aonghusa
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Lemanaghan, Co. Offaly
    Informant
    Peter Mc Guinness
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Lemanaghan, Co. Offaly